Wrc

Turn the Tide

How might the sector, regulators and current providers learn from other leading edge industries to deliver the next generation of river water quality monitoring solutions?
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This sprint is taking place at Newcastle Raceourse 11 - 13 July

 

Whilst currently available river water quality monitoring solutions fulfil the pending Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) requirements, their potential capital and operational costs have considerable impact upon customer bills and contribute to an increase in our carbon footprint.

 

We need a monitoring approach that combine the latest technologies with affordable and sustainable ways of gathering water quality data at scale, to benefit our customers and environment.

 

During this year’s worth of work in week, we will use utilise a collaborative pool of industry and technical experts being facilitated by Octo Design Limited to consider:

 

  1. Deployment Quantity – WINEP will require real time monitoring up stream and down stream of our outfalls from both Wastewater Treatment works and Storm Overflows. How can technology contribute to reducing the quantity of deployments required whilst fulfilling the obligation and its benefit?
  2. Deployment Resilience – There are considerable risks associated with all aspects of the asset’s integrity including location availability and accessibility, installation, theft, damage and general wear and tear. How can technology contribute to minimise these and other risks reducing both CAPEX and OPEX cost?
  3. Deployment Methodology – A variety of water bodies are included within the delivery of the WINEP obligation along with predetermined determinants to be measured. Is a “blanket” deployment the most optimum solution in quantifying the impact of our assets upon the environment?  How can alternative data sets be correlated to efficiently deliver the obligations objectives? How can citizen science help?

 

Come and join us in one of the water industries most challenging delivery programmes to reshape they way the sector can efficiently deliver the objectives of the obligation whilst minimising its impact upon customer bills and the sector's carbon footprint.